when i get my camaro repainted i want to do something different with the exhaust setup. Is it possible to run a side exit exhaust on a camaro.....thing is....i want my tips to be molded into my ground effects...infront of the rear tires. I know this is probabaly a long shot but any info would help me out alot... thanks!!

 

Yeah, someone here on the board has already done this. I forget who, might wanna do a search in this forum. MAybe someone will post some pictures or the user will speak up...

 

car & driver did it 2 his ride. very sweet looking..
i'm doing the same but going to try duels,one on each side..

go 2 http://www.spintechmufflers.com/ they have the equipment u need.

 

Look in a MidAmerica Vette catalog, they have a couple sweet side exhaust systems that bolt in like gfx...

I was also considering this, but probably isn't worth the price/effort...

MILT

 

Considering the gfx don't really extend squat past the bottom of the rocker panels, you'd have to do some hacking for this to truely work (I'm assuming you're wanting it to look like the mustang fx/exhaust thing they have). If I'm making the wrong assumption, ignore the above.

 

yeah....i want some 3inch tips molded into the ground effects. I want one on the left and one on the right. i know its gonna take some hacking underneath because the g/e dosent clear far from the underside of the car but i think it would be a nice setup.

 

Be better to build a custom side gfx piece that is the same shape, but extends down further. I'm seriously considering doing just that on my Blue car.

 

I have though about this idea, but descided if i even attempt it, it would have to be in a few years when i can afford to do alot of custom work to get it to look clean and fit nicely. unfortanitly i have to pass emisions, so that makes it that much harder for me, cause i have to find room for a cat, and mufflers

 

The 84 sport coupe which I am purchasing is currently equipped with side pipes. Due to no emissions here, I am going to leave them on until I decide what to do about an exhaust.

www.onecom.net/robertg/camaro.htm

there are links that show a couple side views of the 84, where you can see the side pipes.

EDIT-- I also should note that the side pipes on the 84 are only 2 inch pipes. Therefore, they don't flow very well.

 

ive thought about this over and over, i know its possibly but i cant seem to fiqure out how to do it, closest i came to make it work was like someone else said , get the side runners from that corvette magazine, and try to make those work, only thing is they will be shorter since corvettes are shorter then our cars, i believe

 

ok.....does anyone know anybody who can build a custom ground effect? I know its gonna be some work, but man itll be nice when im done!! Bout to be workin two jobs so mods should start coming in a little better. Hopefully anyway! My goal is to make the big camaro show next year and have something to show off. take it easy.....

 

I think Blue is the only one who understands what v8 is talking about. The cusom gfx thing is s seeminly good idea but, I think having to make it about 4" thicker to accomodate exhaust wouldn't look right & would be too close to the ground.

To feasably do this the rocker panel & part of the lower front ¼ would have to be cut off & boxed in (pic below). The problem there is part of the rocker to floorpan seam would also have to be cut out & boxed in. Then the problem would be the LCA mount would be a tight squeeze to fit the pipe between. It's a good idea but unless you've got the skill/patience to do this yourself, it wouldn't be a cost effective mod and personally, I don't think it would look right since that part of the gfx behind the dorr isn't all that larg to put a tip in there like the mustang have &look like it supposed to be there.

cheap hack drawing/concept attached below

 

I knew what you were talking about, but the previous owner ran into clearance problems with anything bigger than a 2 inch pipe, according to his measurements.

I don't like the pipes, but I'll run them until I can put a better exhaust on the car.

 

I have a true dual 3" exhaust that exits in front of the rear tires and I had thought of running them through the gfx, but I have a power seat on the drivers side so the floor pan is lower and it wouldn't work. If you got oval tubing, you could probably do it, but quite expensive. I got my system done for $300.. this pic is old so you can't see it but road clearance is an issue

 

i didnt think the floor pan was any different for power or manual

 

My brothers '84 are the same on both sides but he has no power seat, mine is lower on drivers side I assume for the motor adn wiring for the seat.

 

I've also drawn out and put some thought into this question and came to the conclusion that it would require a lot more fabrication and innovation that I was willing to put into something like that (and I like fabricating and innovaring). I guess I didn't like the look enough to do it.

Also, CarNDrvr did not do this. All he did was run the pipe to exit in that location, they didn't run through the GFX.

All floor pans are the same.

 

I guess my car is just a freak then, 'cause my drivers side floor panel is almost 2" lower than my passenger side. Unless your saying that all of them are like this. I went through about 2hrs of decision making with the exhaust shop because of it, deciding on how to run it.

 

Here is one you cant see it that good thoe

 

Every 3rdgen is like this on the passenger side so the exhaust could be run, if the floor wasn't shaped as it is on the passenger side, where else would they have put the cat(s). and kept ground clearence ?
I think exhaust was an afterthought on these cars to begin with anyways.

 

has anyone thought about doing that with the back bumper, like the new trans ams? I think it would look better and be easier to do.

 

Yeah, nosaint did the back bumper thing. He notched his bumper and raised the pipes to match. Very clean look.

Haven't seen pics of car n driver's car in a while....man that was a beautiful camaro. whoever bought it (I'm pretty sure he sold it) is one lucky guy.